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ive just taken my 1993 defender 110 tdi on motorway / long distance trip for the first time since I’ve had it. I’ve taken the cubby box out to give more space and I noticed that the plate between the seat boxes on the floor got really really hot .
Is that expected?
 
Guppy said:
ive just taken my 1993 defender 110 tdi on motorway / long distance trip for the first time since I’ve had it. I’ve taken the cubby box out to give more space and I noticed that the plate between the seat boxes on the floor got really really hot .
Is that expected?
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yes ,you could try ep75w90 if yours oil is thicker
 
Tottot. Nope no silver back foam. I suppose the heats not a problem unless there’s something wrong with the engine. I was just wondering whether excessive heat in that area is a sign of an engine problem.
 
I have this, particularly in warm/hot weather and on long journeys; it all gets hot, the mountings and everything. I’ve learned to put up with it and wear long trousers. I have an XS and put the air conditioning on at times to let the two opposing temperature currents fight it out, but I realise it’s not an option for you :( you could try the silver backed stuff. I wish you all the best, as Mick says, in the winter you’ll be glad of the heat, but I don’t have this problem in the winter months - only in the hot weather
 
A lot of heat from the engine bay passes down the trans tunnel and the gearbox and transferbox can get quite hot. Check oil levels in both.
 
anyone have any experience on which “silver backed foam” works best? just done 3000 miles in southern Europe, and when it was 45°C outside has to keep leg off of handbrake as it was “f. that’s hot temp” and water in cubby box was somewhere between fresh hot steamy pee and cuppa soup temperature . Have seen pre cut kits for seatbox and transmission tunnel, or just packs to cut yourself and huge price differences. most claim to do sound but also heat proof???. Have seen the plate under my cubby box is just that, a plate (no insulation) do some have silver stuff under as well as on top? been researching a bit and all claims seem anectdotal and basednon sound rather than heat deflection??!
 
cborrman said:
anyone have any experience on which “silver backed foam” works best? just done 3000 miles in southern Europe, and when it was 45°C outside has to keep leg off of handbrake as it was “f. that’s hot temp” and water in cubby box was somewhere between fresh hot steamy pee and cuppa soup temperature . Have seen pre cut kits for seatbox and transmission tunnel, or just packs to cut yourself and huge price differences. most claim to do sound but also heat proof???. Have seen the plate under my cubby box is just that, a plate (no insulation) do some have silver stuff under as well as on top? been researching a bit and all claims seem anectdotal and basednon sound rather than heat deflection??!
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ive no experience with it myself but seen a lot with it ,best on the underside,worth trying a synthetic thinner ep oil in t/box and or a cooler sump plate
 
jamesmartin said:
ive no experience with it myself but seen a lot with it ,best on the underside,worth trying a synthetic thinner ep oil in t/box and or a cooler sump plate
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thanks, will do thinner oil when back and do another service, any recomendadtions? will google coolwe sump plate now ;)
 
cborrman said:
Have seen this: https://www.lrparts.net/da9018-bill...iscovery-and-range-rover-classic-diesels.html which also says you can fit an oil temp gauge, something I have been thinking would be better in the 300tdi instrument dash than an analogue clock???
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I have one of those fitted, didn't bother with the temp sender though. I fitted it before going to morocco last ear and I can say that even with it in place the tunnel still gets hot. although to get there there were a couple of 800 mile motorway days so this is to be expected. I also have a piece of silver backed foam on the underside of the center panel and the whole seat box and tunnel is wrapped in foil backed bitumen and then covered with a rubber cover. This was done originally as sound proofing but it also took the temperature from hot to warm so made did make a difference.
 
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